Junior's chances for Ivies+Stanford?

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Sat, 29 May 2010 22:27:53 +0000

I’m a bit concerned about my senior schedule. I can change it, but I’m not 100% sure I’d want to. And I’m not 100% sure that this schedule would be wanted by admissions. I could take AP Lit instead of regular English (even though I hated AP Lang this year: bad teacher, hard class, didn’t learn anything). And I could take APES or Spanish 5 (AP Spanish) instead of the comp courses if my school allows (comp = no credits at my school) even though Spanish has been my weakest subject throughout highschool and I would much rather take the elective courses personally.

Is it even worth it for me to try and steer for a difficult senior schedule or am I just screwed to begin with? Should I just focus on writing good essays and keeping up a high GPA with the courses I already have rather than fretting over whether I’m taking enough AP’s? (AP’s at my school tend to be notoriously hard)

Gosh, I hate admissions stress.